Renewable Energy - Domestic

The us of renewable energy in the domestic setting has grown relatively rapidly over the last couple of years, in particular sinc ethe early 2000's with the availability of various grant schemes.

With the change and reduction of the grant schemes to what appeasr to be a 1st come 1st served basis and a rush at the start of the month to bid for limited funds their has been a setback to the domestic market. Not in respect of peope steering away from renewable energy but a reluctance to commit funds 'now' when there might be funding available next month!

Grant schemes for renewable energy are far more developed on the continent with both more generous commitment to supporting domestic renewable projects and ongoing support with beneficial rates paid for exported energy.

See our links page for references to grant schemes

With the continuing uncertainty associated with grant scheme's in the UK, True Energy has focused on maintaining as low a cost as possible for its equipment and installation. We take the view that the householder that purchases one of our systems for approximately £3,000 without access to a grant remains financially better off than opting for a system that has been 'sold' for over twice that amount with spurious claims and what is relatively speaking a low level of grant support.

EAMA Study

EAMA Energy is a project that was run during 2005 through to 2007 that looked at the contribution made by various domestic microgeneration systems.

These included Solar Photovoltaic, Wind Turbines and microCHP (Combined Heat and Power) .

Each property that was in the project had a remote read export meter feeding data back to a central point whereby all information :Energy generated; Consumed; Imported; Exported was recorded.

The project has now completed and the results are available for public view. The graph above shows the contribution made by Solar PV during June, the results are agregated for many properties within the study hence we see a period where energy is both exported and imported. Clearly, properties that have Solar PV installed are making a net contribution to the grid! Similar graphs are available for Wind and microCHP, see the link below.

Comparisons of energy generated, consumed and imported